Cyclobutanone

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c5-4-2-1-3-4/h1-3H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SHQSVMDWKBRBGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1191-95-3
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

 +  =

By formula: C₄H₆O + H₂ = C₄H₈O

 +  =  + 2

By formula: C₆H₁₂O₂ + H₂O = C₄H₆O + 2CH₄O

 + 2 =  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O + 2CH₄O = C₆H₁₂O₂ + H₂O

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₅O^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₅O^- + H⁺ = C₄H₆O

References

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Rocek and Radkowsky, 1973
Rocek, J.; Radkowsky, A.E., Mechanism of the chromic acid oxidation of cyclobutanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 7123-7132. [all data]

Wolf, 1972
Wolf, G., Thermochemische Untersuchungen an cyclischen Ketonen, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1972, 55, 1446-1459. [all data]

Brickhouse and Squires, 1988
Brickhouse, M.D.; Squires, R.R., Gas Phase Bronsted vs. Lewis Acid-Base Reactions of 6,6-Dimethylfulvene. A Sensitive Probe of the Electronic Structures of Organic Anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 9, 2706, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00217a002 . [all data]

Wiberg, Crocker, et al., 1991
Wiberg, K.B.; Crocker, L.S.; Morgan, K.M., Thermochemical studies of carbonyl compounds. 5. Enthalpies of reduction of carbonyl groups, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 3447-3450. [all data]

Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Desfrancois, Abdoul-Carime, et al., 1994
Desfrancois, C.; Abdoul-Carime, H.; Khelifa, N.; Schermann, J.P., Fork 1/r to 1/r2 Potentials: Electron Exchange between Rydberg Atoms and Polar Molecules, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1994, 73, 18, 2436, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2436 . [all data]

Rothgery, Holt, et al., 1975
Rothgery, E.F.; Holt, J.; McGee, H.A., Jr., Cryochemical synthesis and molecular energetics of cyclopropanone and some related compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1975, 97, 4971. [all data]

Branton and Pua, 1973
Branton, G.R.; Pua, C.K.N., Low energy electron impact ionization and fragmentation-cyclobutanone, Can. J. Chem., 1973, 51, 624. [all data]

Whitlock and Duncan, 1971
Whitlock, R.F.; Duncan, A.B.F., Electronic spectrum of cyclobutanone, J. Chem. Phys., 1971, 55, 218. [all data]

Chadwick, Frost, et al., 1971
Chadwick, D.; Frost, D.C.; Weiler, L., The photoelectron spectra of cyclic ketones, Tetrahedron Lett., 1971, 47, 4543. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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